Infant and young child feeding list of publications
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Strengthening action to improve feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months of age in nutrition and child health programmes (2009)
Report of proceedings, Geneva, 6-9 October 2008
Infant and young child feeding: Model Chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals (2009)
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices - Part I: Definitions (2008)
Conclusions of a consensus meeting held 6–8 November 2007 in Washington D.C., USA
Planning guide for national implementation of the global strategy for infant and young child feeding (2007)
Implementing the global strategy for infant and young child feeding (2003)
Meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-5 February 2003
Infant and young child feeding: A tool for assessing national practices, policies and programmes (2003)
Global strategy for infant and young child feeding (2003)
Infant feeding the physiological basis (1990)
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Supplement to Volume 67, 1989
Baby-friendly hospital initiative
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (2009)
Revised, updated and expanded for integrated care
Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast-milk substitutes (2009)
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (1999)
Monitoring and reassessment: Tools to sustain progress
Protecting, promoting and supporting breast-feeding (1989)
The special role of maternity services
Breastfeeding
Learning from large-scale community-based programmes to improve breastfeeding practices (2008)
Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months of life (2002)
Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding (2001)
Geneva, Switzerland, 28-30 March 2001
The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review (2001)
Complementary feeding
Feeding the non-breastfed child 6-24 months of age (2004)
Meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 March 2004
Complementary feeding: report of the global consultation (2003)
Summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child
Report of informal meeting to review and develop indicators for complementary feeding (2002)
Washington, D.C, 3-5 December 2002
Complementary feeding: family foods for breastfed children (2000)
Complementary feeding of young children in developing countries (1998)
A review of current scientific knowledge
Complementary feeding of infants and young children : report of a technical consultation (1998)
Joint WHO/UNICEF Consultation on Complementary Feeding, Montpellier, France, 28-30 November 1995
International code of Marketing of breast-milk substitutes
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (2008)
Frequently asked questions (updated version 2008)
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1998)
Summary of action taken by WHO Member States and other interested parties, 1994-1998
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1996)
A common review and evaluation framework
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1992)
Survey of national legislation and other measures adopted (1981-1991)
Review and evaluation of national action taken to give effect to the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1991)
Report of a technical meeting, The Hague, 30 September - 3 October 1991
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1990)
Synthesis of reports on action taken (1981-1990)
International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1981)
Infant formula and related trade issues in the context of the international code [pdf 18kb]
The WHO briefing note on "Follow-Up Formula in the Context of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes" is presently being considered for revision by the World Health Organization pending review of new and emerging information on the subject. It has therefore been decided by the Organization to withdraw the current version of the briefing note from its website.
HIV and Infant feeding
HIV transmission through breastfeeding (2008)
A review of available evidence - update 2007
HIV and infant feeding: Update (2007)
Based on the technical consultation held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV infections in pregnant women, Mothers and their Infants, Geneva, Switlzerland, 25-27 October 2006
HIV and infant feeding: new evidence and programmatic experience (2007)
Report of a technical consultation held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV infections in pregnant women, Mother and their Infants, Geneva, Switzerland, 25-27 October 2006
UNICEF and WHO call for stronger support for the implementation of the joint United Nations HIV and infant feeding framework (2004)
HIV and infant feeding: a guide for health care managers and supervisors (2003)
HIV and infant feeding: guidelines for decision-makers (2003)
HIV and infant feeding: framework for priority action (2003)
Training courses
BFHI Section 3: Breastfeding Promotion and Support in a Baby-friendly Hospital, a 20-hour course for maternity staff (2009)
Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care
Infant young child feeding counselling: An intergrated course (2006)
BFHI Section 2: Strengthening and sustaining the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (2006)
Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care
Complementary feeding counselling: a training course (2004)
Regional publications
AMRO
Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child (2004)
EMRO
Report on the Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1994)
Cairo, Egypt, 19-23 September 1993
EURO
Feeding and nutrition of infants and young children (2003)
Guidelines for the WHO European region, with emphasis on the former Soviet countries
Development of a global strategy on infant and young child feeding : report on a WHO/UNICEF consultation for the WHO European Region (2001)
Budapest, Hungary 28 May-1 June 2001
Comparative analysis of implementation of the Innocenti Declaration in WHO European member states (1999)
Monitoring Innocenti targets on the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and healthy eating in pregnancy and lactation (1998)
Report on a WHO workshop, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, 5-8 October 1998
Breastfeeding : how to support success (1997)
A practical guide for health workers
Health workers and the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1987)
Report on a WHO meeting, Copenhagen, 31 October 1986
WPRO
Biregional Workshop on the Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (1994)
Manila, Philippines, 7-11 March 1994
Peer-reviewed articles
Special Issue Based on a World Health Organization Expert Consultation
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 24, no. 1, 2003
The Innocenti Declaration: progress and achievements, parts I, II and III
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1998, 73(5):25-32, 73(13):91-94 and 73(19):139-144
- English and French: Part I ¦ Part II ¦ Part III
Information and attitudes among health personnel about early infant-feeding practices: World Health Organization's infant-feeding recommendation
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1995, 70(17):117-120
Related publications
Guiding principles on feeding non-breastfed children 6-24 months of age (2005)
Evidence for the ten steps to successful breastfeeding (1998)
Breastfeeding counselling: A training course (1993)
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